2013: Played with Carolina Railhawks U-23 team during summer of 2013... Earned the top men’s soccer academic award from the Big South Conference, taking home Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors... Also named to the Big South All-Academic Team for the second straight year and to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll for the third consecutive season... Played in all 19 matches and made 17 starts in the midfield... Attempted 15 shots, including a season-high three in the opener vs. NC State (8/30), but did not record a goal or an assist on the season.
2012: Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll member... Named to Big South All-Academic Team... Played in 15 matches with 12 starts, missing four outings due to injury... Played full 110 minutes in 1-1 draw at #16 SMU (8/24)... Logged an assist in 2-1 win over #25 High Point (10/17)... Posted full-time minutes four times on the season in a holding midfield role.
2011: Earned a place on the Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll... Presented team’s Jim McVeigh Award as most promising freshman and also earned the team's Coaches Award... Played in 17 matches with 12 starts during his first collegiate season... Made collegiate debut and played 54 minutes in season-opening 0-0 draw against 30th-ranked Furman (8/26)... Made first career start and played full 90 minutes vs. Radford (9/28)... Started each of the final 12 games of the season... Registered first career point with an assist in 3-2 win over VMI (10/29)... Played an average of 79 minutes per match.
Prep/Personal: Matthew “Scooter” Oliver was a two-year captain of the USSF Developmental Academy CASL Chelsea team, where he was coached by former Campbell standout Rusty Scarborough... Helped CASL Chelsea reach 2010 USSF Developmental Academy national finals... Played with the Region III Olympic Development Program (ODP) Region team in 2008 and the Super Y National Select Team... Four-year starter at Panther Creek High School, where he set school record with 21 goals scored during his senior season... Served as team captain for three years and helped lead his team to a Tri-9 4-A conference championship... Selected to play in the North Carolina East-West All-Star Game... One of five players from the CASL club on 2012 roster... Born Jan 22, 1993 in Cary, N.C... His brother, Daniel, also attends Campbell... Accounting major.
Scooter Oliver Career Statistics
Year | MP/MS | SH | G | A | Pts. | GWG | Min |
2011 | 17/12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1351 |
2012 | 15/12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1078 |
2013 | 19/17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1717 |
Total | 51/41 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4156 |
